I need to upgrade the forum software.

Invision Power Board now charges for newer versions than this one.

I like open source software that is free. I do not want to incur costs for this forum (for many reasons...trust me on this one)

I am considering phpbb which many, many web sites use.

There are converters - to move everything from this board to the new one, but I do not trust that everything will get converted seamlessly.

Are you all willing to re-register, if necessary?

What if we lose history? Would it be terrible if we had to start over from scratch?

I could just keep this one here and start a new one and keep a link to this one for archival reasons.

I could just try to convert and hope for the best.

any thoughts?

Nah, who cares if we lose everything. None of it's important. That way we can all start over with a clean slate. A fresh start.


My .02

Some questions and thoughts:

Do you need to change software? Could we just stay with this "old" version if we wanted?

I'll re-register if needed.

History would be nice to keep if possible, but not the end of the world if lost.

Would the other software be as user-friendly?

Trust you? Well, okay.

I've always liked the software that the Baltimore Sun uses, vBulletin Version 3.0.8, not sure if it's open source or not. Link Here to their BB.

If the HM won't spring for paying for software, then ya' gotta do whach ya' gotta do.

I think Heather can point you to her favorite Prince BB.

Snoop, if ya' can't patch the software then webbie's going to be prone to more hijacking.

I personally could deal with losing everything if necessary. I'd register as long as I could keep my current userid.

I think the HM has developed a good readership with the BB. It's got to be important to them. But I realize they also have to watch the bottom line.

I think we'll all be here, despite what you have to do, webbie.

Ok, I don't need to change it. I want to. Maybe it is like re-arranging furniture. But there are newer forum packages that have nicer options. I would like to enhance the offerings.

It's not that we won't spring for it... but I am not at liberty to say why I prefer to keep costs down to, well..nothing :-)

It would be nice to keep the history but it's more important to reduce the risk from hackers. If you don't they could delete everything anyway.

I say go for it and hope for the best. I'll re-register and if anyone wants to swipe my userid, feel free.

<-- no problem with re-registering.

Maybe I'll pick a new ID.

As long as were not merging with channel 25 i'll do whatever it takes

Enhanced offerings are nice, so long as you don't gotta be a Ph.D to use it.

If you need to change for security reasons, that's cool.

But if it's change just for change's sake -- that reminds me of the wife, always wanting to move the furniture around. Jeez! Stop it women!

There's a lot neater software out there. You can actually embed photos in your posts without having to click on a link. You can embed sound files to play when you look at the post. I would find this particularly handy when Snoopy replies to my posts, I could embed a bronx cheer in my reply. There's stuff with more smileys, so we could have the barfing smiley for Greedy .

Go for it webbie!

Where do ya' want that sofa moved to again?....

Being able to embed images and tables would be way sweet!

On the other hand, I don't know how I could live with the thought of losing this BB's history. <<chortle>>

I'd say go for it! Theres nothing like a good "clearing out".
Did you need anything painted? it's what I do. ( hubby says I;ll paint anything that doesn't move )

Just like the topic says,give fair warning of the moving date. I know from other times that there was some problems(at least with my pc)when there were some "updates".

Can we ask about some of the features? Like will there be a chat?and the link visible? will the head shaking smilie be there?

ok, the decision has been made to upgrade to the current version with the same software. This should prevent any loss of history or log-in issues.

A list of features will be forthcoming.

The update is going to happen ASAP - maybe today. How's that for fair warning ?

YOU GO!

A Prince Bed and Breakfast?

Yay! New stuff! New emoticons! You kick butt, webbie!

Gosh. But everyone change their name and I won't know who's who.

I gotta be me!....I gotta be me!.......



i don't know why these stupid songs are poppin into my head today.

I will work on the shoutbox tomorrow...

I gotta run for today. I hope everything works ok for the most part...Email me with any issues!!!

Night all!

Oh man! I really LIKE the Ignore users tool! You have NO idea! Thank you!

Hey! Thats pretty neat that the shout box is at the top of every page! Cool!
I'm thinkin I like this here new fangled board.

We aim to please....

Now I am hunting down new emoticons for Heather & WVD....

Don't forget:
head shaking smilie
vomit spewing smilie(for our greedy)
beer drinking smilie
embarrassed smilie....i can't think of any more.

I logged on this morning and low and behold what's the first thing my wandering eyes did see? New smileys! Thanks webbie!






They still look kinda generic though. Prince.org's smileys have me spoiled.

geez, ya' just can never please a woman...

well.....ya just gotta work harder at it than most things.That's all.

Exactly.

Some of us do. Others just have a talent for it.